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SeveneightyWhoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-04 02:46 PM
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Is it just me or does Leslie "Wolf" Blitzer spend EVERY interview...
Edited on Fri Aug-20-04 02:48 PM by SeveneightyWhoa
..defending Bush?

What kind of interviewer is this? What kind of reporter/journalist is he?

How has this monotonic, robot-like schmuck had a high-profile job at CNN for almost a decade and a half?

Is it just me or does he constantly and consistently DEFEND the Bush administration? Pathetic.

Also, did anyone else find it almost humorously detestable when he had on Ahmed Chalabi's DAUGHTER to defend her father? This Leslie Blitzeroves Republicanism, all things Bush, AND AHMED CHALABI!!!

Can you imagine him giving John Kerry's daughter(s) a fawning interview to defend HER father from Bush attack ads?
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Langis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-04 02:48 PM
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1. Blitzer is a whore
That is all there is to it.
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SeveneightyWhoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-04 02:49 PM
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4. Don't people see this?
Don't people at CNN care about his obvious one-sidedness?

Why does he have so much clout at CNN? He apparently gets 2 to 4 million dollars a year. It seems like he has three or so programs, and it seems like he's on CNN a quarter of their airtime!

And who the hell likes him? Does ANYONE like him? He's a monotone midget! Seriously!

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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-04 02:48 PM
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2. Just noticed, huh?
Wolf is a Republican shill of the worst kind.
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SeveneightyWhoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-04 02:51 PM
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8. Nah, its just becoming clearer after his interview with..
..Tad Devine, Kerry spokesperson.

Wolf seemed to be very pro-Bush, outlandishly pro-Bush in fact. He was almost attacking Tad. Saying things like, "are you SUGGESTING that Karl Rove is behind these attacks??!!!!", as if he were about to cry!
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-04 03:02 PM
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10. I know, it's pathetic
his agenda is showing
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Paradise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-04 02:48 PM
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3. lol! "robot-like schmuck" sums it up nicely! n/t
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-04 02:49 PM
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5. He's absolutely the worst interviewer on television
Bar none. Even Paula Zahn and Connie Chung do a better interview than him.
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-04 02:50 PM
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6. the Tamara Chalabi interview was classic. They seemed to be flirting!
He was downright worshipful and didn't ask a single tough question. Even Richard Perle slinked away to France.
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-04 02:50 PM
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7. He is, to paraphrase the KFC folk:

Extra Creepy.


That monotone is really getting to me - he is just professionally horrendous and so smitten with Republicanism because it's his job to get these people re-elected.

The only one who's worse in the same genre is Cokie. smarmy and insolent to the point of distraction.

no, it isn't only you. not by a longshot.
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Cat Atomic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-04 02:54 PM
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9. Ever notice how he stresses *every* word?
Bold print is best used sparingly. If you bold the whole page, it's sort of pointless.

Blitzer talks that way. HE STRESSES... EVERY... WORD... LIKE THIS.
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-04 03:04 PM
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11. He fills the same function for Bushler as Axis sally did for Hitler
We have so many more media outlets and thus so many more Axis Sallies and Julius Streichers...
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-04 03:11 PM
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12. He's an asshole of the worst sort
I hate the man.
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-04 03:14 PM
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13. Somebody needs to say to him ON AIR:
"Yes, you ridiculous shithead, I'm saying that Karl Rove is behind these attacks you stupid sonofabitch. Do you think everyone is America is as stupid as you would have us believe, you dumb bastard?"

First of all, they'd replay it on MSNBC ad infinitum and even Fox would show it.

Great press and would eat up some of Bush's air time...
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SeveneightyWhoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-04 03:16 PM
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14. OMG Blitzer is getting feisty with Marc Racicot?
He's actually questioning him.
This Bush spokesman is a complete dildo.

And Blitzer's certainly getting tough. Asking about four times, why Bush won't repudiate the Swift Boat Vets ads. Of course, this RNC dildo is parroting the same usual talking points.

Congrats Wolf!
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DeepModem Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-04 03:18 PM
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15. CONTACT INFO FOR WOLF/CNN --
E-mail: wolf@cnn.com

Link to CNN webpage for comment on Wolf:

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form4.html?2

CNN viewer comment line, 404-827-0234 (leave a message anytime, or talk to a person during office hours)



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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-04 03:24 PM
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16. Hey man, give the guy a break. He's missing his left nut.
Edited on Fri Aug-20-04 03:24 PM by Hippo_Tron
I love Jon Stewart...
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-04 03:30 PM
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17. No breaks, No deals...
Like Elliot Ness on The Untouchables.

These bastards rolled over for * against the duly elected President, Mr. Gore. This time I'm not letting up for one second - they were complicit in giving us four years of this guy and they're gonna do it again unless we really lean on them really hard.
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